Being excited about stuff on a daily basis, I'm so excited by it.

It doesn't bother me when people try to deconstruct my songs - because at least they're looking at the lyrics, and paying attention to the way the story is told.

It’s the most maddening, beautiful, magical, horrible, painful, wonderful joyous thing in the world, love

We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.

I write a lot of songs about love and I think that’s because to me love seems like this huge complicated thing. But it seems like every once in a while, two people get it figured out, two people get it right. And so I think the rest of us, we walk around daydreaming about what that might be like. To find that one great love, where all of a sudden everything that seemed to be so complicated, became simple. And everything that used to seem so wrong all of a sudden seemed right because you were with the person who made you feel fearless.

My parents taught me never to judge others based on whom they love, what color their skin is, or their religion.

There are two different categories of love. The first category is called a fairytale. The second category of love is called just another lesson